有關相片的一些談話(之五)----蓮足的相片

---有關相片的一些談話(之五)----蓮足的相片---


我的腳的相片對自我(ego)及非我(superego) 非常好。對那些受制於自我及非我的人，腳的相片可以幫助許多。因為此種人都非常粗俗(gross，註一)，腳的相片可以解決此問題。如果他們看到我臉部的相片，他們的自我就跑出來批評：這臉是如此如此等等；他們的非我也可能帶給他們一些障礙；甚至内在的超意識(supraconscious)也會浮現而帶來問題。但是腳的相片則不會，反而可以糾正這些問題，甚至這個人是超意識亦然。腳的相片不只十分有力，而且可以直搗這些人最粗俗的核心。不論是酒徒或是其他種種不好的人，如罪犯等，你只要用腳的相片，就可以矯正他。臉的相片對他們則是没有用。臉的相片是給求道者(seekers)用的，但對這些完全無可救藥、積習難改的人，腳的相片是最佳的。對那些自我超級大或非我超級大的人，腳的相片是非常重要。

你(指練習者)有時也可以注視腳的相片，這是非常好的練習。注視腳的相片可以去除你的粗俗面。就只用你的眼睛去看即可，你如何能經由頂輪來看我的腳呢？但是用頂輪你也可以看到我的腳。

練習者問：母親，您認為用腳的相片在報紙宣傳上，是否會招來較多的人？
Shri Mataji：這是一個好的提議，值得試試。(1980-05-17)

新教徒(Protestants)都非常用頭腦(mental)、非常世故(sophisticated)，天主教徒則是左脈的。.........這些背景會帶給你一些阻礙，但你必須清除它。今天我才發現一個很好的方法來去除這些障礙，你可以試試。你用我的腳的相片，(相片前同樣點上蠟燭)，雙手掌朝向相片，然後將注意力放在相片上，就會有很好的清潔效果，非常值得一試。(1985-06-12)



註一：譯者以為母親是認為這些人比較没有往内追尋的特質，比較不重視心靈層面。
註二：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 的談話 1980-05-17, 1985-06-12. JSM ! 請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。

Now what are good My feet for?

Yogi: Agya.

Shri Mataji: Very good for ego. And also superego. Is very good for people who suffer from ego or superego, My feet. Because, such people are very gross. And the feet solve the problem. So just use My feet.

If they see My Face, the ego will start working, “This face is like that, it should be like that – this, that.” Superego might give problems. Even supraconscious will give you problems. But feet, even if you are supraconscious, they’ll correct your problems. Feet are not only powerful but they go up to the grossest point where you are. Any type of person. Say, a drunkard and all the bad thing you are talking, a criminal. Some sort of a man. You just use My Feet, he’ll be alright. Face won’t work for him.

Face is for the seekers. But for all such people who are absolutely incorrigible type, feet is the best. Those who have extreme ego, those who have extreme superego – extreme. Feet are very important. You also sometimes watch My feet. That’s a very good way, exercise. Just watch My Feet to get rid of your grossness. Just watch with your eyes. How are you going to watch through your Sahastrara? (laughter) But also with Sahastrara you can see.

Yogi: Mother, do You think if we used Your feet in the photo in the newspaper advertising we’d get more people?

Shri Mataji: Will be better idea.

Yogi: We’ll try that.

Shri Mataji: But you see I don’t know. (laughter) Try. Very good idea. You see on My books and all that we have tried. On so many things I have tried, put My feet. Indians understand it.

Yogi: Do you think they’d understand in the US?

Yogi: Well, you don’t have to say Your name in the same thing.

Shri Mataji: Let’s put My feet.

Yogi: Will just let it work through. We’ll put Sahaja Yoga, we won’t say anything about Whose feet they are.

Shri Mataji: Try. It is very good. They’re tremendous. See all the lights reacting.

You see? (1980-05-17)

And just I told her because I know what Protestants are because I was born in that horrible cult. Very mental, sophisticated. You see, Catholics are left-sided. They are left-sided people, Catholics are. They are very emotional and these are mental people and they have made a science out of God.

Where are they catching? But you must clear it out. It’s very simple. I have found out one method. Try it; it helps. Today only I have found it out. If you use My feet, the photograph of My feet and put your attention to it with your hands towards it, it works out very well. Try that. Worth trying. Today it worked out very well with people. I think it will work out with you people. If you can have a nice photograph of the feet, just put there, clean it properly. You may watch it, put your hands on that like this and watch it and see it. Sit in the same light and after that you can put some flowers or something or some kumkum on that, but before that you just watch it and see. Maybe it might help. (1985-06-12)

有關相片的一些談話(之四)-----一些知識

----有關相片的一些談話(之四)-----一些知識----

你們霎哈嘉練習者幫我拍的相片是大大不同於一般非練習者 幫我照的相片。至於那些不是由人觸碰，而是一直對著我的相機(譯者：應是指錄影機)則可以捕捉到許多特別的景象，這往往是人所操作的相機無法做到的。........有一次我看到一張我的相片，我告訴某人說：這張是你拍的。他很訝異地問我是如何知道。我答道：因為你所有輪穴的狀況都呈現在這相片上。從我的相片我可以分辨出是誰幫我拍照的。(1985-04-20)

或許你知道，有一些人(初次)看到我的相片就感覺到涼風(cool breeze)，但是當他們看到我本人時，他們反而感覺不到涼風。因為當他們看到我的相片時，他們内在仍是有相當的無知(darkness, 註一)，也因為這些無知，他們相信我，相信只是相片的我；但是一旦他們看到我本人，他們却不願接受我。(註二)
另外有一個例子也非常類似。有一次我叫Gregoire(即Advent 一書的作者)去德里某處，對一群德里大學女學生演講介紹霎哈嘉靜坐。他是一位年輕帥氣的白人，那些女學生對他(的演講)都印象深刻，當他提及有一個人(即母親)可以喚醒昆達里尼( Kundalini )等等，許多人(只看到相片)都可以感覺到能量(vibration)。但是當她們後來見到我本人時却感覺不到能量。你看，她們從Gregoire的演說可以感覺到能量，卻不是從我本人。當然她們後來都轉好了，都可以感覺到能量。此例是頗能說明這個現象的本質。(1979-06-20)

.......火的本質(essence)會給你所有火的精微(subtle)特質，首先它會燒掉你的負面能量(negativity)。你們都看過在相片前的燭火會摇曳閃動如跳舞一般，此時表示它燒掉一些負面力量(negative forces)，這是因為我的相片及你(註三)將燭火激發與活化(enlightened)。(1982-08-01)

註一：darkness在此處不甚好翻譯，字面的意思是指陰暗、無知、瞹眛不明等。譯者只能揣測Shri Mataji 的意思。
註二：譯者以為這或近似"遠來的和尚會唸經"及"近廟欺神"(台灣諺語，指住在遠處者相信該廟靈驗，而附近的居民反而不相信) 的心理現象。
註三：在此段的前文Shri Mataji提到：霎哈嘉練習者對火的祈求會召喚火的本質。
註四：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 的談話 1985-04-20, 1979-06-20, 1982-08-01. JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正。

Like you people, when you take my photograph, I’m very much different from the photographs taken by people who are not Sahaj Yogis. Sometimes I look in those photographs, otherwise, as if I am standing with somebody with a pistol at my back. (laughter) But the camera, which is not touched by anyone, which is facing me all the time, records so many things which normally people cannot. Now you know that the people who were taking very good photographs have suddenly lost that power, because their ego has come up. They have started thinking they were very great photographers, this, that and thinking no end of themselves. So their photographs are not showing such results. The other day, I saw a photograph of Mine and I told the person who has taken the photograph and he was amazed. How did I know? I said: “I can see all the chakras represented in this photograph.” From the photograph, I can make out who has taken the photograph.(1985-04-20)

Even you may know that some people will see my photograph, all right? And they get the cool breeze. But when they see Me fully, they cannot. Because when they see the photograph there’s a lot of darkness still in them. So they believe into Me because of that part of that is darkness, because I’m just a photograph. But as soon as they see Me they just don’t want to accept Me.

We had a very nice place in Delhi. I asked Gregoire to go and speak to the girls of Delhi University, him being a young white person and handsome and all that. They were all very much impressed. [INAUDIBLE] when he was saying that there’s somebody like that they were feeling the vibrations all right. But when they came to Me, they never felt any vibrations. Just imagine, from Gregoire they were feeling, not from Me. But then they recovered from it and now they are much better off. This was the thing. (1979-06-20)

Fire has been worshipped since very, very long time by many gurus, prophets – they worshipped fire. And the essence of it was that we should have the quality of fire. Now, when the saints like you invoke the fire, you invoke the essence of fire. Essence of fire is ‘Swaha’. And this essence of fire gives you all the subtle qualities of the fire. First of all, it burns away your negativity. You have seen that on the photograph when you have a candle and if there are negative forces it flickers, it dances. Because of you and My photograph the fire of the candle has been enlightened.(1982-08-01)

有關相片的一些談話(之三)----不要對相片不禮貌

----有關相片的一些談話(之三)----不要對相片不禮貌----

我的相片是有能量的，但是假如你有一些不正當的行為，例如你做了某些對相片不禮貌的事，或許相片仍可能將它(施展於外)的注意力維持一段時間，但是最後會完全不見。此時你可能會發現相片變黑了，這相片再也沒有任何(施展於外的)注意力，這相片也散發不出任何的能量了，就如同睡著了。(1980-07-15)

假如你有一張我的相片，從這張相片我會看到你的問題(譯者：即你的問題將會反映在相片上)。例如有一次我去一個房子，屋内有一張我的相片，但是這張相片完全變黑了！所以我問屋主："為什麼我的相片變黑了？誰曾到這房子？"，那位住在這房屋的女士告訴我："我的一位長輩曾在屋内施行黑巫術(black magic)。"。所以類似於此，我從我的相片可以知道相片擁有者的問題。其實從你(自己)的相片，任何一位霎哈嘉練習者都可以看出你有什麼問題，因為你的相片也散發出你的能量，反映出你的問題，所以我也利用你(自己)的相片來照顧你。(1983-09-01)

這張相片(指母親的相片)是有能量的，所以你(指印度公開演講的聽眾)必須將它放在一個適當的地方，且將之用在正途。在西方國家，這張相片已給數千人自覺，且治療許多人的疾病，所以不要侮辱這相片、對這相片無禮。我必須事先提醒你，我並不是呈現在你的面前的一個人而已，有許多(看不見的)神祇是在我裏面，所以不要嘗試去做一些不禮貌的事。........所以你在相片之前要謙虚、有禮貌。(1978-01-31)

註一：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji 的談話 1980-07-15, 1983-09-01, 1978-01-31. JSM ! 敬請Sahaja 兄弟姊妹們指正。

say My photograph itself has vibrations, for example here. Now this photograph if you keep it here and if you start misbehaving or say doing something which is insulting to this photograph. The attention in this photograph will stay for a while otherwise, then it disappears. You’ll find the photograph will become black and the attention will go away and there won’t be any vibrations coming, sort of it slipped off, sleeps off the thing.(1980-07-15)


So now if I give you a photograph, on that photograph I get the reflection of what your problems are. Like once I went to a house and their photograph in that house, My photograph had become absolutely black. So I asked, “How this photograph has become black? Who came here?” So the lady who stayed there was the aunt who was [being/doing] practicing black magic. That’s what this lady told Me, [the miss/means], that “This aunt of mine who came here, she was practicing black magic in this room.” But from My photograph I know what problem you have. So I do use My photograph. Also I use your photograph, by caring for it. Your photographs also give vibrations. Any one of these yogis can tell what’s wrong with you, only seeing the photograph.(1983-09-01)


This photo here has got vibrations, that’s why keep it in a proper place and use it in a proper way. From the picture itself thousands have got their self realization in western countries and have got rid of their diseases. That’s why don’t insult the photograph. I am telling you in advance. I am not as simple as I appear. A lot of personalities are sitting within me so don’t try to do anything wrong. One is Shri Hanumana who is standing right there on the door, when you are leaving he will give you all one pappach. Go home straight forward, humbly and acting respectfully towards the photograph. I am telling you this. This is the photograph. You all can get it. One rupee is not much anyone. Otherwise if we start distributing for free then its done. Some are standing outside who can get it from there.(1978-01-31)

有關相片的一些談話(之二)----"為什麼用妳的相片？"

----有關相片的一些談話(之二)----"為什麼用妳的相片？"----

不要去想太多！這是開始學霎哈嘉靜坐的一個重點。首先你就是嘗試看看，再試試看。因為假如你心中有太多的懷疑，那麼你的進展將會很緩慢。你應該像一個科學家一樣，(先把我所講的當成一個假說)，就先去試試看，然後再一步步地去接受它。光是去做看看，你也不必付我任何錢，你也不必(辛苦)去做一些如特技表演的瑜伽動作。但是對對初學者而言，他們就會卡在一些小問題，如我的相片就是常見的一個。他們會問：為什麼是用你的相片？
我說：那就用你自己的相片試試。但是我可以告訴你那是不會有作用的。假如用別人的相片會有所幫助，那麼我是會非常高與的！問題是別人的相片都沒有作用，只有我的相片可以幫助你，那麼要怎麼辦呢？縱使你不喜歡，你也只能用我的相片來試試看。就是這麼簡單！我並没有因你用我的相片而獲得什麼。我也不希望從你身上獲取什麼，事實上你也無法給我什麼！你學了這靜坐之後，你只會更享受，你會享受我的愛。我做這一切完全為了你，為了你自己的享受！(1983-03-13)

觀眾問：靜坐時用相片是什麼用途？
Shri Mataji：假如你可以不用相片來學霎哈嘉靜坐，那麼當然是非常好，問題是並無法這樣。開始學霎哈嘉靜坐時你需要一些幫助，這就為什麼初學者使用相片。你若不需要相片，那是OK的，但你將會發現你是需要相片的。
觀眾再問：請問您如何喚醒昆達里尼( Kundalini )？
Shri Mataji：這原本就是我的工作(譯者：母親的意思是：我生來就會)。就像母親大地讓種子發芽，她是如何做到的？這個能力天生就内建在母親大地之内，這就是她的能力(power)。(2000-06-01)

觀眾問：是您的相片的象徵(symbol)散發出能量，或是其他？
Shri Mataji：我的相片有一些特別的係數(coefficience)，所以它可發出能量。其實我比較希望有一些古代聖人的相片可以取代我的相片，但是看來是没有，沒有任何一個降世神祇或聖人曾經拍攝相片(因為那時候没有相機)，甚至在世時也没有留下任何寫真畫像。假如你知道他們的一生，你就知道為什麼，因為他們在世時，幾乎都被迫害，有太多人追在背後試圖迫害他們。........(1990-08-11)

你可以使用我的相片，因為它有能量。但是人們往往會質問為何使用我的相片。其實近代是人類史上第一次可以拍攝相片，克里希納(Shri Krishna)没有相片，羅摩(Shri Rama)也没有相片，耶穌也没有，穆罕默德也没有，只有近代才有相片。我們可以說相機的發明來的正是時候，如此才可能有大規模的自覺。許多人已經藉由相片得到自覺，那你為什麼不試試呢？假如你可以從相片獲得一些助益，為什麼你不做呢？
另外有些人會問為什麼你要做這些事(即教靜坐給自覺)？我要說的是：假如你能做，那麼我會是世界上最高興的人，因為我可以休息了！(1982-04-28)

註一：江瑞凱綜合摘譯自 Shri Mataji 有關相片的談話 1983-03-13, 2001-06-01, 1990-08-11, 1982-04-28. JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹指正。

But practice of Sahaja Yoga must be done without thinking too much about it. First you just try it, more trying – because if you start doubting, I tell you, your progress will be much less.
So first, just like a scientist, to try to accept one by… there is nothing that has to be done, you do not have to pay Me anything of course, you do not have to do any acrobatics or anything.
But for example a small thing like my photograph, you see, many people say, “Why Your photograph?” So “Use your photograph” I say, if that works out, you see. It is something surprising: that’s how people are challenging Me “Why Your photograph?”. “Why don’t you use yours? I will be very happy, use anybody’s”… but doesn’t work out, what to do now? It’s My photograph that works out, but even if you do not like it, you have to use it – what can I do?
Is as simple like that, you see; but in that I do not gain anything from you, I do not want anything from you, nothing material that you can give Me. But you will enjoy, you will enjoy My love, you will enjoy. It is all for your own enjoyment, everything is done.And this is a special time we are born in, we have a special responsibility.(1983-03-13)

[Audience]: What is the purpose of having the photograph?

Shri Mataji: The thing is, if you can do without the photograph, nothing like it, but you need something to support and that’s why people use the photograph. If you don’t need it, it’s alright, but you will find you will need it. Alright?

[Question]: How do you awaken the Kundalini?
Shri Mataji: That’s My job, I will do it, alright? It is very simple, how does the Mother Earth sprouts the seed, how does She do it? It is innately built in Her, that power, isn’t it? What else?(2000-06-01)

Question: Mother, is it a symbol of Your photograph that gives vibrations? The willpower [can’t understand the rest of the question]

Shri Mataji: It’s true. My photograph luckily has some sort of a coefficience that it emits vibrations. I mean, I would like anybody else’s photograph if it does, because it’s a good idea; but I don’t think there’s anyone like that, because none of the incarnations and none of the saints were photographed. It’s very surprising, nobody was photographed. At the most, and also, nobody was portrayed in their lifetime, because you know what happened to all the saints and to all the incarnations: when they lived, everybody was after their lives. No question of having so many people. I mean, even Christ had hardly twelve people and how they tortured His life! Actually, if you see His public life, He lived hardly for three and a half years and they crucified Him. So, this is what the world was. It’s not so bad now. I mean, nobody is going to crucify Me, but still there were no photographs. So, the modern times has another advantage that they have photographs, and they will show you lots of beautiful photographs and things which will stun you. (1990-08-11)

So – ah – with Sahaja Yoga you can cure many diseases and for the time being you can use My Photograph, because it has got vibrations. Now people say, that why Mothers Photograph is to be used? Because this is the first time somebody has taken a photograph.

[a short discussion amongst the Yogis, Shri Mataji asks: What’s it?]

Yes, because you see, Shri Krishna’s Photograph is not available, Shri Rama’s is not available, Jesus’s Photograph is not available, Mohammed’s Photograph is not available – now only you can take photograph. So Photography has also come at the right time, so that we can really have a collective emancipation. Many people have got realization through photograph. So why not do it? If you can get advantage of it, why not use it? Ah, another question people have, that why it is Mother who, who has to do it? But I said, that you do it, I will be very happy. If you could do these things yourself, I’d be the happiest person, because then I’ll have some leave.(1982-04-28)

有關相片的一些談話(之一)----我的相片是有能量的

-----有關相片的一些談話(之一)----我的相片是有能量的-----

一位聽衆問：聽說你們靜坐時要用相片？

Shri Mataji 如是回答：
.........重點是我的相片是有能量(vibration)的，不只它有巨大的能量，而且可以用它來治療病人。有一次一對夫妻專程來找我，那時我正在印度一個偏遠的村莊，他們希望我能幫他小孩，那個小男孩人在美國，罹患了可怕的血癌。我找人通知一位住在紐約的霎哈嘉靜坐練習者去看他。她只用我的相片就治好了他的血癌。你可以說這相片就像盤尼西林一樣神奇的藥，那你會不去用它嗎？其實我也不知道當代的相機是如此的神奇，相機是比人(眼睛)更敏銳，事實上相機可以捕捉(拍到)許多人眼睛無法看到的。例如有一次我在一個村落公開演講，那裏以前住了一位自覺的靈( 譯者：指聖人)。我在演講時，連續六次有一片光芒灑在我頭上的，當時正好有人用相機拍攝我，將這景象都拍攝下來，但是在場人們的眼睛都未看到那光柱。(我知道是那位聖人來向我打招呼)，第七次時我用我的手在頭上揮揮，那光柱才不見。我不知道他們是否有帶來這相片，若有，你們可以自己去看看。相機是如此地敏鋭、深入且忠實地把全貌都拍攝下來。另外一次，有人用相機拍我的腳趾，當時我正告訴聽衆我的兩個輪穴在努力清潔一些阻塞。在相片上可以看到有一道光柱從一個腳趾射出來，另一光柱則從手指出來，那腳趾及手指所對應的正是我講到有阻塞的輪穴。
(既然我相片是如此)，我應該是有一些特別吧！最好你自己去體驗，我常告訴這些霎哈嘉靜坐練習者不要對初學者談太多相片的事----雖然我今天也說了----因為我不希望惹怒了初學者。有些初學者可能會想："你看！她要用相片來掌控我們！"，當代的人都很有控制欲，他們尤其不喜歡被掌控的感覺。但是，是否有人是如此地愛你，以致連她的相片也可以散發出愛你的光芒？可能是如此吧！或許這是你們所無法理解的。或許有人就是愛的化身，以致這相片也有滿滿的愛在裏面。如果你願意，你可以使用這相片。
在我之前沒有人(譯者：指降世神祇或聖人)有留下相片，耶穌没有照過相，佛陀也没有，穆罕默德也没有。近代人類發明了這神奇的相機，所以才有我的相片。
另一次，有一位負責香港某電視台的女士，她感受到我身上的能量，她告訴我："母親，為什麼不試試將妳放到電視螢幕上？"，我說："這個建議不錯！"，於是她讓我上螢幕三分鐘，同時要求觀眾將雙手朝向電視中的我。結果有許多感到涼風的觀眾寫信來，也因此我們建立了香港的靜坐中心。................

對某些人而言，接受我的相片是相當困難，因為某些宗教不容許崇拜偶象(相片)。但這種說法是在相片出現之前。相片其實是一個很能反映真實的工具，你自行可以試試看，一旦你試驗後，你將會接受並喜歡上它。

1980也有類似的問題，觀眾問：你的相片是如何能幫我們呢？

Shri Mataji 答：相片是一很可以正確反映又可靠(authentic)的工具，所有被認為有能量的聖物(如某些石頭)並不是這麼可靠。因為有強大的能量流通經過我，而我的相片也散發相同的能量。當我發現此一事實(即相片也有能量)時，我是有難以言喻的驚訝與喜悦。假如你們願意用我的相片，那你一定可以成就( 譯者：指提升靈量、得到自覺)；假如你不願意用我的相片，那麼恐怕就無法順利開始。假如你可以來聽我的演講，爲什麼無法使用我的相片呢？

聽眾再問：我們現在是否正獲取妳的能量？

Shri Mataji 答道：是的，但是你回家後用我的相片，你會更進一步深入，因為這相片一直在你身旁。你只需試試我今天跟你講的，你就試試看，到時候你就會知道我並未從你身上獲得什麼。

假如你家裏放一張有神聖力量的人的相片，那麼一切都會很平安。這是為你好，我並沒有因為你用我的相片而獲得什麼好處。

註一：為順暢表達Shri Mataji 的原義及大要，譯者在此篇譯文並非逐句翻譯，而是採取意譯。

註二：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji  的談話1982-04-14(前段)及1980-02-08(後段).另外在1977-03-22, 1978-01-31, 1980-05-18, 1982-04-28, 1985-07-04, 1995-10-01 Shri Mataji 皆強調過"我的相片是有能量的". JSM ! 敬請 Sahaja 兄弟姊妹們指正.

Question – Do all the Sahaja Yogis use your photograph when they meditate?

Yes, now, I don’t know who told you that. I’d say it should not be told, because you see, people get frightened with the idea that why use My photograph, you see is the problem, it’s this way. Now, see, the trouble is My photograph has got vibrations. Now, what to do? The problem is like this. It has tremendous vibrations, not only, but it can cure people. There was a boy in America who was down with blood cancer, and the parents of the boy came to see me in a very far-fetched village, and they wanted that the boy should be cured. So I said, ‘All right, give me his photograph, I’ll work on it.’ But in any case I sent them, asked them to telephone one of the Sahaja Yogis in New York. She has only My photograph, and she used it and the boy is cured. Now, supposing if it is so, say it’s a penicillin injection, or you can call it something, you see, a miracle drug, for example, say My photograph is, then should we not use it? Now, supposing it is, that’s what it is. What can I do about it? I didn’t know the camera would be so good, really I didn’t know. Camera is much more sensitive than human beings are, I must tell you. You see, there are so many things that camera has caught up, which human beings cannot catch. Like, one day I was sitting in a village giving lecture in a place where a realized soul had died – a great realized soul. And the camera caught – I mean I can feel it, but you people do not see it with your eyes – a great flood of light was falling on My head – a flood of light, and the camera caught it, and six times it happened and the camera caught it six times, and seventh time I just did like this and it stopped. Just there, in the camera. I don’t know if they have brought the photograph, but we have that photograph with us and you can see for yourself, you see. Camera is so sensitive and so honest and so deep that the way things have been shown by a camera. The other day somebody took photograph of My feet in India, with that instant camera, and both My feet, you see, I was telling them that these two centers are working very much, and they are on the Feet, you see, and from My toe you could see a shaft of light coming out from one of the toes and one of the fingers, which I had said these centers are catching. So, camera caught it.

There must be something about me also, isn’t it? Must be, of course. It’s there, but is better to see and I always tell Sahaja Yogis not to tell about the photograph, just now to anyone, because if you tell them they get upset. You see, they think ‘Oh, God, is She going to dominate me?’ (laughs, general laughter). You know, we are so frightened of domination, isn’t it, because people have been very dominating. But could be somebody loves you very much, that even the photograph of hers can love you so much, isn’t it? Could be. Something we cannot think of – someone who is just love. And the photograph has that love within itself. You can use it as you like. Then there should be no objection.

None of the people before me were photographed. Christ was never photographed, Buddha was not photographed, even Mahommed was not photographed. This is the first time you have developed this wonderful thing called camera, and there’s my photograph. What to do?

In Hong Kong, the lady who was in charge – I mean, Chinese have very wise people – and this lady, who was in charge of that TV center, she felt the vibrations and all that, and she said ‘Mother, why not we use You on the TV?’ I said, ‘Good idea’, and she put me there, on the TV for about three minutes, just standing, and she said. ‘Just put your hands towards the photograph and see’, and so many got cool breeze and they wrote to us saying that, ‘We got cool breeze in our hands from Mother’. And we have established a center in Hong Kong, only by these things. If your TV people ever allow Me to do that, I could help, in a very great way, isn’t it? And would you not like to do it? I mean, supposing you were in My place, it would have been better, I know, but you cannot be. Anybody in My place can come and do it, I’ll be very happy. But that’s the trouble, you see, Christ has to bear the Cross, He had to do it, nobody could do it. We don’t mind Him doing that, but why should we mind Him being the Christ? Somebody has to do it. Alright?

....................It is rather difficult to accept a photograph, because it is said that you should not bow to any. It was said because there was no photographs before, Nothing was there. Photograph is such a truthful thing. And you will see yourself, later on, then you won’t give up, I know that, you’ll like it. Alright?(1982-04-14)

Seeker: But we have seen you, we have seen you face to face. By using you, purchasing your photo… So in what way your photo is going to help us?

Shri Mataji: Now, photo is a very authentic thing. You see, so far all the murtis and everything are not so authentic. Because there is vibrations passing through Me… I`ve discovered to My great amazement and joy that My photo has the same vibrations. So if you use the photograph you can work it out. If you don’t want to use the photograph it doesn’t work out to begin with. To begin with there is an aalamban of my photograph. But what is, why should you have objection to my photograph? If you could have Me there, why can`t you have My photograph? Supposing you have anybody`s photograph. See, you will have even Indira Gandhi’s photograph. You have everybody`s photograph. Why not Mine? What’s such an objection about Me? About it? I don’t understand. You’ll be amazed it emits cool vibrations. You see, this is the trouble. You`ll have everybody’s photograph. All kinds of nonsensical people you`ll have photograph.

Seeker: We got your vibration right now?

Shri Mataji: Right now, but when you will work on the photograph you will feel deeply. You see, because photograph will remain with you, you just try what I`m telling you. You just try what I`m telling you, you see by that I am not going to get anything, again. ...............If you have the photograph of a holy person, everything will be alright. It is for your good. I am not going to gain anything out of it. (1980-02-08)

你必須當你自己的導師

-----你必須當你自己的導師-----

在過去古老的印度，這導師原理是非常嚴格的，嚴格到使很多人並不敢去當一個門徒。那時候的導師有完全的權威，是導師來決定誰可以當他的門徒。這些候選人往往必須經歷嚴厲的苦行，才能成為一個被導師揀選的門徒。能否度過這些苦行的折磨，往往是導師判定某人能否成為門徒的唯一標準。

但是今天的霎哈嘉瑜伽是完全不同，甚至是相反的。因為你們的導師是一位母親，縱使是最小的事(苦難)發生在你(即門徒)身上，我的眼睛都會充滿淚水，因為我為我的慈悲所折磨。所以以母親的身份來當一個導師是非常困難的。同時對門徒的你而言，你要達到相當的修行成就亦是有些困難，因為你很容易迷失在我的愛裏，尤其是當我給你太多的愛時，你常會忘記你的升進十分緩慢的這個事實。所以在霎哈嘉瑜伽裏，你要對自己嚴格一些，這是非常重要的。這也為什麼我常說：你必須要當你自己的導師 (You have to be your own guru.)。即你要引導你自己，你要把自己當成自己的門徒，而且你要時常修整你自己。假如你不了解在霎哈嘉瑜伽裏你要負責自己的升進，那麼你的進展將會十分緩慢，因為霎哈嘉瑜伽是不同於以往，是另一種型態的導師門徒關係。

所以這就爲什麼我常說：你要成為你自己的導師。你必須做許多自我反省(introspection) 及糾正自己的許多想法。我現在坐在你面前，你們都知道我如何，我可以吃任何(你們給我的)食物，我也可以幾天不吃。我可以睡在任何地方，我也可以完全不睡覺。我到處旅行(演講)而毫不疲倦，我有充足的精力。為什麼呢？因為我是我自己的導師 (我嚴格訓練、要求我自己)。

所以首先你應該對自己有許多内省，如 "我有什麼過錯呢？"，而不是 "別人有什麼過錯？"；"我是否在追求我身體(感官)的舒適？"；"我的注意力是在我的身體或是靈(Spirit)上？"；"假如是在我身體，那我正在做什麼呢？"；"我可以睡在地上嗎？"；"我可以坐在石頭上(而非椅子)嗎？"；"我隨時都可以睡，或隨時都保持清醒嗎？"等等。你必須訓練你的身體，使它爲你所用。
除了身體及習慣外，你也必須做一些更深層(心理方面)的内省，反省你的周遭(即成長背景)、你的風格(style)、你的方法(methods，註一)及在外在制約下而你是如何對待你自己(註二)等等。

註一：譯者：指人習慣處理事物的做法。

註二：指人的一些心理上的制約。

註三：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji  導師崇拜 (Shri Guru Puja)的談話1991-07-28. JSM ! 敬請霎哈嘉兄弟姊妹們指正.

Guru principle is extremely strict and the strictness made many people could not confirm to the ideas of a disciple. In those days, the guru had to be absolutely the authority and it was the guru who would decide which disciples he’ll have and one had to go into great tapasya, to great penances to even become a disciple. And this hardship was the only way the guru used to judge.
Gurus would always live in jungles and they would select their disciples, very few, very, very few, and they had to go and beg food from the neighbouring villages and cook food for their guru with their own hands and feed the guru. That sort of guru business is not in Sahaja Yoga – that basically we must understand that the difference between those styles of guruship and that we have now is this, that, very few individuals were given the chance to become the guru – very few. And these few also were selected out of quite a lot of people and they felt that they were something really special that they are being selected, chosen and that whatever they will have to go through is all welcome. With this idea, they became the disciple.

But Sahaja Yoga is a very different thing. I would say, just the opposite. First of all, your guru is a mother and who suffers from Sandra Karuna. At the slightest things that happen to you, My eyes get filled with tears.

So, as a mother, to be a guru is a very difficult thing. But, at the same time, for you to achieve heights is also difficult because you get lost when I love you so much and, in that love, you forget sometimes that the progress in your being is very slow. It is important that in Sahaja Yoga you have to be strict with yourself. That’s why I said that you have to be your own guru, which people do not understand what it means. “You have to be your own guru” means you have to guide yourself. You have to treat yourself as your disciple. And you have to trim yourself. If you do not understand the responsibility as a Sahaja Yogi of working it out yourself everything, you cannot move very fast because it is a different type of relationship between the guru and the disciples.

So, first I have always said you become your own guru. So you have to make a lot of introspection and fix your ideals. Before you, I am sitting, you have seen Me, how I am. I can eat anything. I need not eat at all for days together. I can sleep anywhere. I may not sleep at all. I travel for miles together, untiringly. I have this energy because I am a guru of myself, also.

So the first thing is that there should be lot of introspection. “What’s wrong with me?” not wrong with others. What’s wrong with me? Am I seeking the comfort of my body? The attention, is it on my body or on my spirit? If so, what am I doing? I think best thing is to write it down. Can I sleep on the grass? Can I sit on the stone. You have to make this body work. Can I sleep any time I like and can I keep awake any time I like?
I’ve seen people doze off. The reason is this, not that they’re bad or in any way indisciplined people, but because inside the are tired. If you’re tired inside, then you feel tired all the time. You’ll see on the television, if you see people in the West, they are always, “Haaa,” sitting like this because they’re so very tired. Why are they so tired? They don’t work so hard.

So introspect – how you behave. Now when you start introspecting yourself, you’ll also start introspecting your surroundings and your styles and your methods and what you are doing to yourself because of the conditionings of the outside.( 1991-07-28)

太初靈量(Primordial Kundalini ) 與你的靈量

----太初靈量(Primordial Kundalini ) 與你的靈量----

你的靈量即是太初靈量在你身上的反映(reflection)，兩者是有相同的本質，也以相同的方式來運作。當你的靈量上升時即帶給你自覺，同時給你許多能力(powers)，但是你必須知道你的靈量只是一個反映，為了使這反映更真實，你應該去了解真正的靈量----太初靈量是如何運作。

假如你開始想我的靈量(即母親的靈量，譯者：即太初靈量)，你立刻會安靜下來，這是毫無疑問的，此時你變成没有思緒的寧靜。你只要想著我的某一輪穴，你的該輪穴就會變得清潔、没有阻塞。但是你必須要有相當的深度，你才可以達到此一階段。你必須遵守對母親的種種礼法，而且是正確地遵循。你不必去做什麼，只要想著我的輪穴、我的靈量就十分足夠，就會有種種的這些效應。但是你必須發展出完全順服的狀態，才可能到達此階段。

當你使用你自己的靈量時，你必須知道你的靈量有她自己的問題，她已經歷你的過去種種的生命階段，她有時候也非常不高興、非常疲弱或有些受傷，以致她有時候並無法升起。所以假如你希望猶如你母親的靈量給你滋養、給你所有的一切，那麼你應該學習如何向太初靈量順服，當你這麼做，你的靈量立即會變得更強大。

註一：江瑞凱摘譯自Shri Mataji  太初靈量崇拜 (Shri Adi Kundalini Puja)之前的談話1990-06-19. JSM ! 敬請 Sahaja 兄弟姊妹們指正.

So the Primordial Kundalini, which is reflected in you as your Kundalini, also is of the same nature and it works in the same way. It rises, gives you Self Realization, gives you the powers, but after all one has to know it is a reflection and a reflection to make it truthful, real. You have to look at reality first, how the real one, the real Kundalini, the real Primordial One, how it acts, how it works. If you start thinking about My Kundalini only, immediately you will become silent, no question. You cannot think, just you become silent. Just think of any one of My chakras and your chakras will be all right. But you have to have that depth. You have to have that much protocol. You have to have that much right. Just it will act. Don’t have to do anything. Just you have to think of My chakras. Just think about My Kundalini. That’s sufficient. But you have to develop that surrendering situation. Even now there are Sahaja Yogis who doubt. They have seen the word. They have seen everything, still they doubt and they [???] to people who are on the periphery. And there are Sahaja Yogis who are still sticking on to many things. They cannot change. They haven’t got yet that courage to change themselves. I don’t say that you have to change anything outside, but a time comes you might have to change also, so you should be prepared. How much we are courageous, that is to be weighed and to be found out. Unless and until you have full courage, you cannot establish Sahaja Yoga in a quick way. When you are using your own Kundalini, you have to know that the Kundalini that is your own has problems. She Herself has gone through various ages and stages and She Herself is sometimes very much hurt, very unhappy and very weak and then She cannot rise.

So if you want that this Kundalini that is your own, that is your own mother has to give you all the nourishment and everything, you must learn, first of all, foremost thing, how to surrender to reality.So if you learn how to surrender to the Primordial Kundalini, then your Kundalini’s immediately strengthened. (1990-06-19)